Cybersecurity · head to head
ProtonVPN vs Secure Privacy
ProtonVPN
Cybersecurity
High-speed Swiss VPN that safeguards your privacy
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
Secure Privacy
Legal
Consent management and website privacy compliance priced per domain by monthly consent volume
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: ProtonVPN free plan limited to one device at a time; Secure Privacy consent allowances are the real constraint and they are per domain, so a high traffic site on the Business tier can burn through 50,000 consents well before month end and be pushed to a tier that costs more than four times as much.
- They diverge on capability: ProtonVPN covers No-logs policy, Secure Privacy covers Cookie scanning.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which ProtonVPN and Secure Privacy actually diverge.
| Attribute | ProtonVPN | Secure Privacy |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | freemium | Per domain per month by consent volume |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android | Web |
| Category | Cybersecurity | Legal |
| Founded | 2014 | Unknown |
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in ProtonVPN
- No-logs policy
- Secure Core
- Kill Switch
- DNS leak protection
- Tor over VPN
- Split tunneling
- NetShield ad-blocker
- VPN Accelerator
Only in Secure Privacy
- Cookie scanning
- Automatic cookie blocking
- Legal templates
- Data subject access requests
- IAB TCF 2.3
- Cross-domain consent
- Scan behind login
- Audit logs and SSO
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
ProtonVPN
- Privacy-focused browsing without subscription costnot Secure Privacy
- Multi-device protection with Plus plan supporting 10 devicesnot Secure Privacy
- Integrated access to Proton email and cloud services via Unlimited plannot Secure Privacy
Secure Privacy
- A mid-sized ecommerce site that wants published pricing it can budget against rather than an enterprise quote cyclenot ProtonVPN
- An agency running consent across many client domains that needs branding removed and per-domain billingnot ProtonVPN
- A company that needs both a consent banner and maintained privacy and cookie policy templates without retaining a law firmnot ProtonVPN
- A business receiving occasional deletion and access requests that wants them tracked in the same tool rather than in a shared inboxnot ProtonVPN
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
ProtonVPN
- Free plan limited to one device at a time
- Free plan restricted to 10 countries with random selection
- Pricing amounts not clearly published; shown as variable
Secure Privacy
- Consent allowances are the real constraint and they are per domain, so a high traffic site on the Business tier can burn through 50,000 consents well before month end and be pushed to a tier that costs more than four times as much.
- Billing is per domain, which makes multi-brand organisations and agencies pay linearly with domain count even when the configuration is identical across all of them.
- There is no data discovery or records of processing at enterprise depth, so it documents website consent rather than a privacy programme, and organisations facing a regulator will still need something more.
- Automatic cookie blocking is not available on the free tier, so the free plan cannot deliver the compliance behaviour that is the reason to install a consent tool in the first place.
- Single sign-on and audit logs appear only on the 249 dollar Advanced tier, which puts basic enterprise access control behind a per-domain price that is punishing for anyone with more than a couple of sites.
Pricing, plan by plan
ProtonVPN
FreeNo published plan breakdown. See the ProtonVPN review.
Secure Privacy
Free- FreeFree
- Up to 10 domains
- 500 consents per month
- 1 legal template
- Small$15/month
- Per domain
- Unlimited domains
- 5,000 consents per month
- Business$59/month
- Per domain
- 50,000 consents per month
- Over 40 legal templates
- Advanced$249/month
- Per domain
- 5 million consents per month
- Audit logs
Which should you pick?
Choose ProtonVPN if
- You need no-logs policy.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android.
- You also want secure core.
Choose Secure Privacy if
- You need cookie scanning.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want automatic cookie blocking.
Questions people ask
- Is ProtonVPN or Secure Privacy better?
- Neither clearly leads. ProtonVPN starts at Free and Secure Privacy at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, ProtonVPN or Secure Privacy?
- ProtonVPN starts at Free and Secure Privacy at Free.
- Does ProtonVPN or Secure Privacy run on more platforms?
- ProtonVPN runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android. Secure Privacy runs on Web.
- Can I use ProtonVPN for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is ProtonVPN best used for?
- ProtonVPN is most often used for privacy-focused browsing without subscription cost, multi-device protection with plus plan supporting 10 devices, integrated access to proton email and cloud services via unlimited plan. Of those, privacy-focused browsing without subscription cost and multi-device protection with plus plan supporting 10 devices are not what Secure Privacy is typically brought in for.
- What can ProtonVPN do that Secure Privacy cannot?
- ProtonVPN covers No-logs policy, Secure Core, Kill Switch, DNS leak protection. Secure Privacy covers Cookie scanning, Automatic cookie blocking, Legal templates, Data subject access requests.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Secure Privacy: What is a consent, for billing purposes?
A recorded consent decision from a visitor. Because returning visitors can re-consent, consent counts do not map cleanly to unique visitors, and this is the most common source of unexpected tier upgrades.
Secure Privacy: Is the free plan usable?
For evaluation only. It caps at 500 consents a month and does not include automatic cookie blocking.
Secure Privacy: Does it handle data subject requests?
Yes, from the Business tier at 59 US dollars per domain per month. The Small tier does not include it.
Secure Privacy: Can it replace OneTrust?
For website consent and simple request handling, yes. For data discovery, records of processing and vendor risk, no.
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